{"title":"Origins of the Tājika System of Astrological Aspects and Dignities","authors":"Martin Gansten","doi":"10.18732/HSSA.V6I0.34","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18732/HSSA.V6I0.34","url":null,"abstract":"The astrological doctrines of aspects and planetary dignities found in the authoritative texts of the Tājika (Sanskritized Perso-Arabic) school are examined with respect to their origins and historical development, with particular emphasis on Balabhadra’s encyclopaedic Hāyanaratna (1649) and its quotations from the perhaps earliest work of the school, Samarasiṃha’s Tājikaśāstra (thirteenth century). It is argued that a major source of these doctrines is Sahl ibn Bishr’s Arabic-language introduction to astrology (ninth century), possibly in abbreviated or paraphrased form. Several of the constituent ideas have been imperfectly understood by their Indian epitomists, resulting in reinterpretations and innovations.","PeriodicalId":278025,"journal":{"name":"History of Science in South Asia","volume":"58 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127566287","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Aditya Kolachana, C. Montelle, J. Dhammaloka, Keshav Melnad, M. K, P. Vyas, Krishnamurthi Ramasubramanian, M. Sriram, Venketeswara R. Pai
{"title":"A Critical Edition of the Candrārkī of Dinakara","authors":"Aditya Kolachana, C. Montelle, J. Dhammaloka, Keshav Melnad, M. K, P. Vyas, Krishnamurthi Ramasubramanian, M. Sriram, Venketeswara R. Pai","doi":"10.18732/HSSA.V6I0.35","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18732/HSSA.V6I0.35","url":null,"abstract":"A set of tables devoted to solar and lunar phenomena entitled the Candrārkī was prepared in Sanskrit by the sixteenth-century Indian astronomer Dinakara. Along with the tables, Dinakara composed a short accompanying text which instructed the user how to extract and manipulate the tabular data to construct their own calendar for any desired year and geographical circumstances. The work proved to be popular. Based on a small fraction of the extant manuscripts, we present a critical edition of the text together with a discussion of the challenges raised while preparing the edition.","PeriodicalId":278025,"journal":{"name":"History of Science in South Asia","volume":"76 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-08-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126111059","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}